Phil may not be the biggest fan of fruit and veggies and it shows with his favorite subject to experiment on... PUMPKINS! Join Phil as he teaches you amazing science experiments that involve cracking a few of our favorite fruits. (Yes, pumpkins are fruit! Google it!)

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Have you ever done a science experiment and wondered “What would this be like if it were HUGE?” Welcome to Science Max, the exciting series that turbocharges all the science experiments you’ve done at home.

0:00 Pumpkin Drop How do you max out an egg drop? With pumpkins, of course! Material science is the focus of this episode: nitinol, ulexite, carbon nanotubes, hagfish slime, aerogel and a great deal of squashed pumpkins.

20:07 Elastic Energy Phil starts with a Popsicle stick catapult. Then he uses everything he knows about elastic energy to build a fullsize catapult that hurls pumpkins! Plus, a maxed out paddle wheel boat and a historical reenactment (sort of) of how catapults were used in medieval days.

41:05 Trebuchet A Trebuchet is a giant, leverbased catapult. Phil uses it to hurl pumpkins! Mechanical advantage and the history of the trebuchet are what’s being tossed your way on this episode, along with a lot of pumpkins, heads up!